Card-printietg press



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN L. BAILEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARD-PRINTING PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,549, dated June 16, 1857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN L. BAILEY, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an ImprovedCard-Printing Press; and I do hereby declare that the saine is fullydescribed Iand represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure l, denotes press. Fig. 2, a side3, a central., vertical tion lof it. Fig. al, an paper bed and itsguides. Fig. 5, is a horizontal section of the paper bed and guides, thesame being made to represent the cutting knife to be hereinafterdescribed.

In these drawings, A, exhibits the frame of the machine, 'the same beingconstructed so as to carry and permit to slide forward and backwardwithin it, the movable platen, B. The type or form of type is shown atC, in Fig. 3, as afxed to the inner face of the platen, such platenbeing driven forward by the action of the cam, a, against a a top viewof such elevation of it. Fig. and longitudinal sec- `friction roller,Z9, the same being arranged as shown in Figs. .l and 3. In other words,the cam is fixed on a rotary shaft` I), and works against the roller,and while being revolved by such shaft, springs, E, E, serve to draw theplaten backward during recession of the cam on the roller.

A plate or second frame, F, is hinged at its foot to the frame, A, sothat it mayT vibrate or pla-y toward and away from the platen; thisframe carries the card or paper bed, G, against which the card ispressed whilebeing printed. On a shaft, H, (arranged at the lower partof the frame, A,) two adjustable guides I, I, are fixed, the said guidesextending upward between the platen and the bed, G. Besides these guidesthere is a stop or rest, K, that projects upward from the middle of theshaft H, and should be so applied to such shaft as to enable it to beraised and lowered and fixed in position occasion may require.

By means of a spring, L, extending from the shaft, H, to the frame, F,the shaft may be turned so as to spring the guides I, I, and the rest K,away from the bed. Applied to the upper part of the rest is a bentspring, M, which may be termed the spring card holder, the same beingused in connection with the feeding guides or mechanism, and the platenand bed as inner side view of the will be hereinafter described. Asliding cutting block N, carrying a knife, o, is applied to the lowerpart of the inner side of the frame F, and by means of an adjust-ingscrew, d, and the slot, e. By such means, the said knife and block maybe raised or lowered as occasion may require. Two shafts, P, and, R, arearranged in a rocker frame, IV, fixed in the upper part of the frame, Fone of them, viz, I), carries a feed roller, S, in its middle. The otherhas a roller or disk, T, affixed to it, and it also carries anothersliding roller, U, which rests against a spring, V, placed on the shaftas shown in Fig. l. A ratchet, f, is fixed on the shaft, P. Operating inconnection with the same is a pinion, g, which rotates freely on theshaft I), and carries a spring impelling pawl, 7L, the same being asshown in Fig. 6, which is an inner side view ofthe ratchet, the gear,and spring' pawl. The gear, g, engages with a sectoral vibrating rack,which is so connected with the platen by a pitman, f, as to be movedwith and by it.

Then the press is in operation or pre pared for printing cards, theframe, F, should be locked firmly to the frame, A, by means of pins, Z,Z, extending through ears m, m, of the frame, A, and into said frame F.The apparatus arranged at the upper part of the frame F, is for thepurpose of feeding cardboard in one continuous strip into the press,each card after being printed and moved below the knife being separatedfrom the strip by the action of the knife, which is pressed forwardtoward the cutting bed while the platen is being driven up to produce animpression. The guides, I, I, at the same time are pressed forward bythe platen so as to force the knife up to its block. The guides alsoperform another function, that is, they enable a person to print commoncards or separate pieces of card board. In order to accomplish this, acard is dropped down between the guides (which are formed so as toenable it to pass downward) until it rests on the stop, K, and in frontof the card holder, M.

Then the platen is forced forward, it presses the guides, I, I, andstop, K, forward with it and causes the card holder, H, to be pressedagainst the card so as to force the card close up against the paper bed,G, before the type may come into contact with the said card. By thusholding the card firmly against the bed before it is met or touched bythe printing face of the type, the imprint on the card is performed tomuch better advantage, and without being blurred or otherwise defaced.

The guides, I, I, are inclined back from the vertical plane, as shown inthe drawings. This feature causes the card in descending to rest againstand to be supported by them,

and enables me to employ guides without any front lips to them which,when used, more or less prevent the card from being forced up to thebed.

The card holder is used in connection with the feeding apparatus,whether such be for feeding cards by hand or in a continuous strip, themachine being adapted for either purpose. i

Then the platen is driven backward the feed roller S, will be put inmovement so as to feed the strip of card board downward one edge of thesaid strip being made to rest against the roller T, and he pressedagainst the inner side of the roller T, and by the action of the slidingroller, against the opposite edge of saidv strip.

In Figs. l, and 3, the position of the strip of card board isrepresented by red lines, it being made to enter the machine through agroove, 0, in a plate, p, afHXed to the top of the frame, F. By applyingthe guides I, I, to the card so that they may spring away from it, theynot only enable the cutting knife to be moved backward, the same beingforced by a spring (shown in Figs. 3, and 4,) but they prevent the cardwhich is being dropped into the machine or down toward the stop, K, fromcontact with and friction against the surface of t-he bed, whereby itsdescent may be retarded or arrested. Y

Fig. 7, is 'a sectional view of the rocker frame IV, and the upper partof the frame, F. Inthis figure, it will be seen that the frame, IV, issupported at its middle on a rock shaft, ledge or fulcrum, t, and thatadjust-ing screws, u, u, extend down through the frame, IV, and arescrewed into the upper part of the frame F. The object of applying thefeed and pressure rollers in such manner, to the frame, F is to enablethe feeding rollers to be tipped a little as occasion may require, inorder to cause the A sheet of card board to move downward in a theplaten, it being understood that the shaft, R, freely rotates when thepaper is pressed against it by the roller, S, and such roller is inrevolution.

y I do not claim the combination of feeding guides with the bed, againstwhich the card is to bepressed, but

I claim- 1. Applying the guides, I, I, to the bed substantially asdescribed,` that is, so that they may spring W or move away from andtoward it, and thus not only relieve the card from contact with andfriction against the surface of the bed, while such card is descendingin the guides, but also to operate the knife and allow it to movebackward substantially as specified.

I also claim arranging the guides I, I, so as to incline back from thevertical plane, ,the same being for the purpose of supporting the cardand enabling the guides to be used without any front lips as described.

3. I also claim the combination of the spring card holder M, with thecard rest or stop, K, and the feeding guides or mechanism and the bedand platen the said card holder being applied to the stop, K, so as tooperate substantiallyin manner and for the purposes set forth.

4. I also claim applying the feed. and vpressure rollers in a rockerframe combined with the vibrating frame, F, and provided withadjustments arranged so as to enable fthe rocker frame to be tipped alittle as occasion may require to cause the continuous sheet of paper orcard board to Voperate properly with respect to the position of the formon the platen. I

5. I also claim arranging on the shaft R, and so as to operate with astationary roller as described and with the feeding roller, a springpressure roller to act against the-edge of the sheet o f card so as .tomaintain itsv opposite edge 1n a proper position with re-- spect to thetype.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my signature this 8th day ofJanuary A. D

FRANKLIN L. BAILEY. lVitnesses R. H EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

